PurplePitara

Being a wildlife enthusiast I am immensely and passionately in love with jungles and the wild, and that is what lead me to write this memoir of my visit to Corbett. Though I have been to many national parks, this trip would stay in my memory and that of my brother and two cousin sisters forever. It was May of 2002 when we visited Jim Corbett national park. We took a train from Baroda to Delhi, hired a Qualis from there and went to Nainital and after spending two leisurely days there moved onwards to Corbett. (Some details may have been missed or forgotten as this trip was made 16 years back but the incidents penned here are true and will remain fresh in our memories forever). We reached the park gate by 4pm and were very excited and happy to be in the jungle again that we did not have patience even for the check in at the park gate; moreover, it was taking quite some time. Much to our disappointment, we came to know that our booking in the forest lodge of Dhikala area of Corbe